The Albanian government’s plans to reduce the cost of consulting means that it will have to receive this advice from other sources, and it cannot just come from ministerial offices. Public officials will be approached for ideas, knowledge and policy design. The question will be whether he is impressed, or served by what he receives from the public service after the kind of diminishing political advisory skills raised during Thodey’s recent review. It remains to be seen whether the public service has kept pace with climate policy under the Coalition and has policy advice that matches the ambitious position of Labor.